A Seriously Dusty Supernova
A supernova discovered in 2010 appears to have created tens of thousands of Earth masses of dust.
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Do Galaxies Really Glow in Sync — or Are We Just Tilting Our Heads?
Astrobites reports on whether the correlation between galactic radio, infrared, and gamma-ray emission is truly a sign that cosmic-ray electrons deposit all their energy before they can escape to intergalactic space.
Finishing Off an Asteroid
Astronomers may have spotted the crumbs of a recently eaten asteroid around a white dwarf star.
Diving into the Darkest Corners of the Universe with Fast Radio Bursts
Using fast radio bursts, researchers have measured just how empty cosmic voids truly are.
EXCELlent Work, Detectives! Solving the Murder of Star Formation in Galaxies with JWST
Astrobites reports on a whodunit of cosmic significance: who killed star formation in massive elliptical galaxies?
Featured Image: Citizen Science and Solar Structure
Citizen scientists from the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative recorded nearly an hour of coronal behavior during the 8 April 2024 solar eclipse.
Spying on a Split Comet
A recent study investigated the possible mechanisms that caused a known Jupiter-family comet to split in two.
Monthly Roundup: The Fourth Catalog of Gravitational Wave Events from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA
A recent Focus Issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters introduces the fourth version of the gravitational wave transient catalog from the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations.
The “Rhythm” of the Interstellar Medium
Astrobites reports on the interplay between the interstellar medium and star formation in simulated galaxies.
First-Generation Stars Provide Better Fit than a Black Hole for Early-Universe Gas Clump
What powers the prominent helium emission from Hebe, a gas clump seen just 450 million years after the Big Bang?
Noble Gases Along for the Ride
How did neon end up inside Earth’s mantle, and what does that tell us about how our planet formed?
Researchers Spot Hydrocarbons Surprisingly Close to a Quasar Pair
Hydrocarbons keep turning up in surprising places. This time, they’ve been found near a pair of accreting supermassive black holes 3 billion years after the Big Bang.